by Byron Schlomach | Jan 29, 2020 | Blog
“When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing – When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors – When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws...
by Mike Davis | Jan 27, 2020 | Blog
Even as the Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down a recent alcohol distribution law, the Attorney General paved the way for the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Law Enforcement Commission (ABLE) to remove an obstacle from the expansion of liquor store competition –...
by Benjamin Lepak | Jan 22, 2020 | Blog
The State of Oklahoma owns a lot of property. This includes land and buildings, but it also includes valuable assets like the state-owned electric power company, the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA). GRDA reports nearly $1.8 billion in assets on its most recent...
by Benjamin Lepak | Jan 22, 2020 | Research
Leveraging State-Owned Assets to Fund Pensions and Meet Other Long-Term Funding Challenges Authors Benjamin M. Lepak Abstract This paper makes the case for the sale or lease of assets owned by the State of Oklahoma as a way to fund important items like underfunded...
by Byron Schlomach | Jan 20, 2020 | Blog
With Governor Stitt and Oklahoma’s tribes at loggerheads over the gaming compact, it seems like a good time to reconsider the tribes’ gambling monopoly altogether. While there is only one Las Vegas, Oklahoma is a casino state. And regardless of the dispute between the...
